STEALHOOK is a tool associated with the Iranian state-linked OilRig (APT34) threat actor. It has been used to retrieve valid domain credentials from compromised environments, enabling the theft and subsequent abuse of privileged account credentials.
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1 CVE Mallory has correlated with this family across public research and vendor advisories. Each row links to the full Mallory page for that vulnerability.
Windows Kernel vulnerability (CVSS 7.0, high) described as a TOCTOU privilege-escalation issue. The content says some publications allege APT34 used it with STEALHOOK, but notes that attribution is unconfirmed by NVD/CISA; it is in CISA KEV and has no Exploit-DB entry. | In a clearly speculative section unrelated to Screening Serpens, the content states that some publications allegedly associate APT34's use of CVE-2024-30088 with a tool called STEALHOOK.
1 distinct threat actor attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
In a clearly speculative section unrelated to Screening Serpens, the content states that some publications allegedly associate APT34's use of CVE-2024-30088 with a tool called STEALHOOK.
3 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
“attempted to acquire valid credentials for victim environments… to enable follow-on lateral movement… leverages valid accounts… used legitimate account credentials to move laterally… used compromised domain admin account to move laterally… used domain administrators' accounts to help facilitate lateral movement…”
“attempted to acquire valid credentials for victim environments… to enable follow-on lateral movement… leverages valid accounts… used legitimate account credentials to move laterally… used compromised domain admin account to move laterally… used domain administrators' accounts to help facilitate lateral movement…”
exploiting CVE-2024-30088 for privilege escalation
“attempted to acquire valid credentials for victim environments… to enable follow-on lateral movement… leverages valid accounts… used legitimate account credentials to move laterally… used compromised domain admin account to move laterally… used domain administrators' accounts to help facilitate lateral movement…”
“attempted to acquire valid credentials for victim environments… to enable follow-on lateral movement… leverages valid accounts… used legitimate account credentials to move laterally… used compromised domain admin account to move laterally… used domain administrators' accounts to help facilitate lateral movement…”
4 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A tool mentioned in an explicitly unverified, unrelated example concerning alleged APT34 activity, not as part of the Screening Serpens campaigns.
APT34 backdoor deployed in campaigns against UAE and Gulf governmental organizations.
Exfiltration/credential-retrieval tool used to obtain valid domain credentials from victim environments.
Exfiltration tool used to retrieve/exfiltrate valid domain credentials from victim environments.
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Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
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Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.
Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.